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when you hear the term “pot pie,” you might have a specific dish in mind. For me, it’s the Pennsylvania-Dutch style of chicken pot pie that I grew up eating — tender chunks of chicken, potatoes, carrots and onion plus thick, chewy egg noodles in a silken broth seasoned with nothing more than salt and pepper.
My family’s chicken pot pie is cooked in a pot, and it does involve dough (for the noodles), but it is actually a stew rather than a pie. Other types of pot pies are not cooked in pots; instead, they are baked in pie pans, Dutch ovens or casserole dishes. If your definition of “pot pie” includes Mexican empanadas, Cornish pasties and other regional foods wrapped in or covered with pastry, then pot pies also can be baked on cookie sheets.
Except for the Pennsylvania-Dutch version, pot pies have crusts that encase — or at least coverstewlike fillings. The fillings usually combine vegetables — often root vegetables, such as onions, potatoes and carrots—with meat or fish. Some omit the vegetables, though, and some use only meat.
Pot-pie crust is usually made with flour, but the cooking website Epicurious.com features a recipe for halibut pot pie with
